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My new house has this existing tree and I was not sure if I should take it down or leave it. Someone told me it's a live oak tree but it sure does not look like one to me. Can someone please tell me what tree is this. Is this something worth leave alone - it does not look very attractive. Thanks.
Yeah, I'm no expert but that looks like the elm in our backyard. Not oak, at any rate.
Is there a reason you want to cut it down? Unless it's too close to the house or otherwise causing a problem there doesn't seem to be any reason not to leave it. Maybe have an arborist take a look at it and see if it's in good health, maybe it could use some pruning that you may find more attractive?
Also I don't know what part of the country you're in and I can't see the details very well but it looks like you have some kind of invasive vine or moss or something in the tree causing the bare branches and strange bushy looking areas. An arborist could probably help with that as well. The tree seems to be growing straight and tall, it probably just needs a little TLC.
Thank you so much for recognizing the elm tree. Is that a good tree to have. It so, I will have it trimmed to beauty it up. Looks like it has some kind of disease as there are bunch of I dont know what to call on the tree. Attached is the weird looking thing on the tree
I will try to take more pictures of those weird looking things or Spanish Moss as "
southernnaturelover" called it
That wispy sort of stuff at the bottom of your first pic does look a bit like spanish moss, but the weird mass in the last pic looks funny.Can spanish moss get diseased?
Ok, more pics and man that IS ugly. Maybe you should get someone from your county agriculture extension office to check that. If it's some sort of disease they might want to be made aware of it.
Short answer is that it's not particularly harmful to the tree (though some gardeners disagree) and it can be removed manually or with chemical treatment. Apparently some landscaping services have this as a specialty in some areas (if you don't mind sharing, what state are you in?)
Personally I'm of the opinion that if mature trees are healthy they should be left standing for their benefits (shade, sound and pollution control, erosion control, attractiveness to a property) especially an endangered one like an elm. You don't seem to have a lot of other trees there which is another reason I'd hesitate to take it down. That said I've only seen those few photos so I could be misjudging your property, and if it really is a problem for you or not worth it to maintain it I can see why you might want to remove it. Maybe compare costs of tree removal to tree de-uglifying?
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